Website Designs based on Solid Single Colored Background

Background has always been one of the most important features of website design. Being responsible both for body and content distinction, this core attribute gives enormous amount of possibilities. Background appears to us in various guises; it can be spectacular shot, amazing fictional image, artistic illustration, seamless textured/patterned canvas, video cover-up, or time-tested neat monochromatic background. The latter is going to be our present topic for discussion.

Solid color background is an excellent match for those websites that are obsessed with detailed or busy interfaces. Also, it is one of the main components of minimal style. Although it seems that monochromatic plain background is incapable of attracting visitors, it can easily set onlookers’ eyes on vibrant color and polished appearance. Of course, such type of background is aimed to:

Make text more discernible;

complement foreground elements;

add neatness and accuracy;

achieve balance;

bring alive minimal style;

distinguish multiple areas.

So, it is definitely carved out quite a niche for itself in website design, largely independent of current trends.

In a showcase below you will find awe-inspiring website designs, where single colored background makes more sense than busy one, conclusively proving that it is possible to make website look appealing by simply using couple of colors.

Bond Cars is an auto-themed website that familiarizes users with a great variety of James Bond’s cars, representing them in chronological order. Every section gets its own color and outline illustration of epic automobile.

DSPG has rather oddish but really eye-catching design. Website is based on bicolor palette. Blue outlines look slightly blurred sometimes.

Design Embraced skillfully leverages parallax effect, which is hidden in the inner pages. Every page has its own bright solid color background.

Under the weather. Grey single colored background is really popular among designers. It easily sets apart foreground elements and makes website look polished and pure.

Reflection

One of the advantages to use single colored background is that it doesn’t distract users’ attention from content and necessary elements, so you can freely adorn you website with various ornaments, use regular font or make your functional components, such as navigation, widgets or sliders, simple and plain. Ultimately they will still be prominent.

Can you add other benefits of using solid color background? Do you feel monochromatic background can hurt design sometimes? Why or why not? Share your thoughts via comment section.

Nice collection Nataly. Flat color design is a new trend I am seeing everywhere in apps, web etc. We need some good color plates and good understanding of using color combinations to make the webs more beautiful in solid colors. It all goes back to basics! What you think?